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Definition of Bluffly
1. Adverb. In a blunt direct manner. "He was criticized roundly"
Definition of Bluffly
1. Adverb. In a bluff manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bluffly
1. bluff [adv] - See also: bluff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluffly
Literary usage of Bluffly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Eli's Children: The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by George Manville Fenn (1890)
"Nonsense, man," cried Portlock, bluffly. " Why, where's your heart ? Pluck up a
bit. You don't want a doctor for a bit of a crack like that. ..."
2. Tales of the Early Ages by Horace Smith (1832)
"O!of observed that the money having once been lost, was none of his; and Hornbog
Jarl settled the matter by pouring it into his own pouch, bluffly declaring ..."
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